The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 - Barbara Burman and Ariane Fennetaux
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A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019
This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women’s everyday lives—from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen—and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women’s stories into intimate focus.
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